StatusNet::setVariables PHP Method

    public function setVariables($config)
    {
        $this->auth = $config['username'] . ':' . $config['password'];
        $this->root = $config['root'] ? $config['root'] : 'http://identi.ca';
    }

 public function __construct($config)
 {
     parent::setVariables($config);
     $this->setURL($this->getAuthRoot() . '/api/search.json?q=' . $config['terms']);
     $this->setItemTemplate('<li class="clearfix"><span class="image"><a href="{{{user_link}}}"><img width="48" src="{{{user_image}}}" alt="{{{user_nickname}}}" /></a></span>{{{text}}}<p class="date"><a href="{{{link}}}">{{{date}}}</a></p></li>' . "\n");
     $this->setURLTemplate($this->root . '/search/notice?q=' . $config['terms']);
     parent::__construct($config);
 }